Sekirov Dictionary

starve-acre

adjective 1
noun 1
forms 2

adjective1

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Pertaining to or characteristic of unproductive, impoverished soil.
- There was no exaggeration in Marian's definition of Flintcomb-Ash farm as a starve-acre place. — 1891

noun1

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A type of crowfoot Ranunculus arvensis, known for growing on impoverished soil.
- It is quite common for farmers to use cereal grains for seed which contain weed seeds, e.g. starve-acre (ranunculus arvensis), docks, wild oats, rye-like brome (bromus secolinus), etc. — 1925

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